Product Description

After the Engage opening, kids in Cross Explorations break off into small groups to Explore the Bible story in-depth.

The Explore Teacher Leaflet provides a complete lesson plan for each week that includes a Preparing the Lesson background article for the teacher. This article provides the key point, law and gospel points, the context of the Bible story, and commentary that provides additional insights into God’s Word.

Each lesson has a five-part lesson plan that helps guide discussion and learning:

Start the lesson with an opening activity to set the stage for Bible learning

Read the Bible story

Look at Bible illustrations or act out Bible stories

Find the story in the Bible and answer questions

Share the Bible story through life-application activities

Each week’s lesson also includes a Bible Memory Verse.

One copy of the Level 1 Explore Teacher Leaflet is included in each quarter's Cross Explorations Sunday School Starter Kit. Additional copies may be purchased as needed.

The thirteen New Testament Bile Stories covered in the God Saves us quarter are:

The Birth of John ForetoldThe Birth of Jesus ForetoldMary Visits ElizabethThe Birth of JohnAn Angel Visits JosephThe Birth of JesusThe Presentation of JesusThe Visit of the Wise MenThe Boy Jesus in the TempleJohn Prepares the WayThe Baptism of JesusThe Temptation of JesusJesus Calls Phillip and Nathanael